If Calgary wanted Liles Calgary would already have Liles. Nobody wants Liles. Nobody wants Liles for 50% of his salary either. Burke better regret signing that contract because if he trades for him he's just making the same mistake twice.

Yeah Leafs fans are hoping Burke collects some of Toronto's bad contracts but it won't happen

If Bernier legitimizes himself as a #1 and one of Owuya/Sparks/Gibson dominates in the AHL, then maybe there could be some discussion about moving Reimer to Calgary. And with Reimer being a RFA at the end of the year and likely requiring a raise, the timing might be right. However, if Bernier doesn't run away with the starting job or platooning both goalies produces good results (a la St. Louis), then it's probably too earlier to make a move.

I could see him pushing for Kulemin/McClement/Fraser in the offseason if we let any of them walk. Same thing for Orr the following year (though he'll be getting up there in age by that time).

Why would any fan care what happens in regard to Orr, he's a run-of -the-mill player, highly replaceable in free agency

Brian Burke did not go to Calgary to make recommendations to Jay ********** Feaster.

How on earth do you possibly know that? Feasters last three drafts outside of the Jankowski pick were very very good. He has also led a team to a cup, they are doing this in tandem and Burke is an advisor they are doing a proper rebuild. I know a foreign concept in leaf land but that's what is going to happen. They have some nice pieces already, the fans know hockey and will be patient.

Just because Burke has a familiarity with Liles does not mean he is going to do the Leafs a favor.

He flat out stated that he wants to make this team bigger and tough to play against - Strike One

Calgary already has an abundance of left handed defenders - strike two

Calgary already has an abundance of smallish puck moving defenders who are deserving of playing time, and fit the structure of this team better as they are significantly cheaper and younger (Brodie, Russell, Cundari etc..) - Strike three

The only possible way that Calgary would have an interest in acquiring Liles would be in a deal in which they receive additional assets for the cap relief the leafs would free up.

Franson on the other hand would make considerably more sense in terms of a player he may potentially target.

Burke also had plenty of offensive d-men when he dealt and signed Liles. Plenty in the system as well. Brian has his mancrushes on certain players and it's no coincidence that the same players seem to pop up whenever Burke changes postal codes. I don't think anyone will take Liles but if anyone, my first guess would be Burke.

If both of them sign offer sheets adding up to $7M or even $6.6M ($3.3M each), it would put the Leafs in a bind with only 3 weeks left to shed salary.

And how many Canadian/American born players would rather sign in Europe than play here on a bridge contract? the KHL threat is just a bluff, and a bad one at that. I also doubt Burke would do something like that with his buddy Nonis running things in Toronto and the whole Kevin Lowe situation.